Post-Graduate Certificate - Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist

AGCNS POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS

Requirements for obtaining the AGCNS Post-graduate certificate are:

Successful completion of all course work (20 credits) with a B or higher grade in all graduate nursing courses.

Passing each clinical rotation with satisfactory evaluations from the clinical preceptor along with a completed Typhon clinical encounter database. A minimum of 540 clinical practicum hours must be completed. Upon admission, the student’s gap analysis will determine the number of hours matriculated into the PGC program from the past graduate program.

Upon completion of the didactic and practicum degree requirements, the graduate will be awarded the AGCNS Post-graduate Certificate and will be eligible to sit for national certification in their specialty area.

Degree Requirements

Required Courses

NURS 6211	Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients I	3
NURS 6212	Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients II	3
NURS 6213	Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients III	3
NURS 6391	Clinical Nurse Specialist I: Patient Direct Care	2
NURS 6392	Clinical Nurse Specialist II: Patient Direct Care	3
NURS 6393	Clinical Nurse Specialist III: Systems, Organization and Nursing Practice	4
NURS 6395	Essential of CNS Practice I	1
NURS 6396	Essential of CNS Practice II	1

Plan of Study

Summer

NURS 6211	Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients I	3
NURS 6391	Clinical Nurse Specialist I: Patient Direct Care	2

Spring

NURS 6213	Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients III	3
NURS 6393	Clinical Nurse Specialist III: Systems, Organization and Nursing Practice	4
NURS 6396	Essential of CNS Practice II	1

Fall

NURS 6212	Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients II	3
NURS 6392	Clinical Nurse Specialist II: Patient Direct Care	3
NURS 6395	Essential of CNS Practice I	1